Anthropic employee resigns, warns AI companies risk lives in superintelligence race

Jacob Coxon, an employee at AI safety company Anthropic, resigned last week amid concerns over how the industry is advancing artificial intelligence. Coxon warned that AI companies are taking excessive risks in their competitive push to develop superintelligence, potentially endangering lives through inadequate safety measures.

The resignation adds to growing scrutiny of practices at leading AI firms, with internal concerns about balancing rapid technological progress against safety protocols increasingly surfacing publicly.